New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks

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This book introduces the recent progress that has resulted from utilizing the idea of "element-block polymers". A structural unit consisting of various groups of elements is called an "element-block." The design and synthesis of new element-blocks, polymerization of these blocks, and development of methods of forming higher-order structures and achieving hierarchical interface control in order to yield the desired functions are expected to result in manifold advantages. These benefits will encourage the creation of new polymeric materials that share, at a high level, electronic, optical, and magnetic properties not achievable with conventional organic polymeric materials as well as forming properties of molding processability and flexible designability that inorganic materials lack. By pioneering innovative synthetic processes that exploit the reactivity of elements and the preparation techniques employed for inorganic element-blocks, the aim is (1) to create a new series of innovative polymers based on the novel concept of element-block polymers, in which the characteristics of elements are extensively combined and utilized, and (2) to formulate theories related to these polymers. This book demonstrates especially the design strategies and the resulting successful examples offering highly functional materials that utilize element-block polymers as a key unit. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Element-Block Materials: New Concept for the Development of Advanced Hybrids and Inorganic Polymers (Masayuki Gon, Kazuo Tanaka, Yoshiki Chujo)....Pages 3-25 Si-, Ge-, and Sn-Bridged Biaryls as π-Conjugated Element Blocks (Yohei Adachi, Joji Ohshita)....Pages 27-48 Element-Blocks π-Conjugated Polymers by Post-element-Transformation Technique (Ikuyoshi Tomita)....Pages 49-58 Borylated Polystyrenes as Versatile Functional Materials (Frieder Jäkle)....Pages 59-76 Element-Block Polymeric Materials Based on Cage Silsesquioxane Frameworks (Kensuke Naka)....Pages 77-94 Silsesquioxane-Based Hierarchical and Hybrid Materials (Fuping Dong, Chang-Sik Ha)....Pages 95-120 Nanocomposite Materials Properties of Aminophenylsilsesquioxanes (R. M. Laine, K. Takahasi, R. Tamaki, J. Choi, S. G. Kim, C. Brick et al.)....Pages 121-137 Necklace-Shaped Dimethylsiloxane Polymers Bearing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Cages as a New Type of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid (Masashi Kunitake)....Pages 139-151 Alternative Aspects of Polythiophenes (Takashi Nishino, Takuya Matsumoto, Atsunori Mori)....Pages 153-165 Polyphosphazenes as an Example of the Element-Blocks Approach to New Materials (Harry R. Allcock)....Pages 167-188 Electronic Structure of Element-Block Material As4S6 with Cage Shape Toward “Soft Electride” (Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fueno)....Pages 189-197 Metalloxane Cage Compounds as an Element-Block (Takahiro Gunji, Satoru Tsukada)....Pages 199-217 Preparation of Element-Block Materials Using Inorganic Nanostructures and Their Applications (Naokazu Idota, Yoshiyuki Sugahara)....Pages 219-241 Design of Element Blocks for Photoresponsive Organosiloxane-Based Materials (Sufang Guo, Kazuyuki Kuroda, Atsushi Shimojima)....Pages 243-252 How Can We Control the “Element-Blocks” in Transition Metal Oxide Crystals? (Katsuhisa Tanaka, Koji Fujita)....Pages 253-271 Front Matter ....Pages 273-273 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material with Surface-Modified Zirconia Nanoparticles as Element Blocks (Kimihiro Matsukawa, Koji Mitamura, Seiji Watase)....Pages 275-289 Network Formation Conditions Control Water Drop Adhesion for VK100 and a Model Pt-Cured Silicone (Jennie B. Lumen, Rebecca M. Jarrell, Sithara S. Nair, Chenyu Wang, Ashraf M. Kayesh, Kenneth J. Wynne)....Pages 291-306 Block Copolymers with Element Blocks: The Metal-Bisterpyridine Linkage (Andreas Winter, Ulrich S. Schubert)....Pages 307-346 Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymers Composed of Luminescent Lanthanide Element Blocks (Yasuchika Hasegawa, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yuichi Kitagawa)....Pages 347-370 Organic Hybrid Thermoelectric Materials Containing Nano-dispersed Poly(nickel 1,1,2,2-ethenetetrathiolate) as an Element-Block (Naoki Toshima, Keisuke Oshima, Yukihide Shiraishi)....Pages 371-383 Crystallization Kinetics-Induced Self-Assembly of Inorganic Element Blocks and the Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Based on Ag Hierarchical Structures (Jinguang Cai, Akira Watanabe)....Pages 385-412 Air-Stable Optoelectronic Devices with Metal Oxide Cathodes (Makoto Takada, Hiroyoshi Naito)....Pages 413-422 Design of Multifunctional Soft Biomaterials: Based on the Intermediate Water Concept (Masaru Tanaka)....Pages 423-432 Synthesis of Calcium-Phosphate-Based Nanoparticles as Biocompatible and Biofunctional Element Blocks (Ayako Oyane, Maki Nakamura)....Pages 433-444